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The Journal.

Reflections on the body, the nervous system, seasonal living, and the quiet work of becoming your own compass.

Seasonal Reflections · 15 July 2026

My carnivore confession

On failed experiments, two extra kilos, and why the body answers to fit, not force. A naturopath's honest account of three weeks on carnivore, and what happened when she stopped forcing it.

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Seasonal Reflections · 12 June 2026

Who is the captain of your ship?

On AI, self-knowledge, and the only system that never goes down — a reflection on what happens when the data becomes the authority, and why you are still the most sophisticated technology in the room.

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Seasonal Reflections · 18 May 2026

When things fall apart, follow the sardines.

On adaptability, metabolic flexibility, and a three-day sardine fast that changed everything. A personal essay on what the body knows when the plan falls apart.

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Kitchen guide · 15 March 2026

What's in my pantry?

A look inside my kitchen and the grains, fermented foods, condiments, and simple ingredients that make healthy cooking effortless.

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Seasonal Reflections · 15 March 2026

When the body does not feel safe.

A personal reflection on how the body carries survival memories across generations — and why behaviours that look like food cravings are often rooted in deeper nervous-system responses.

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Seasonal Reflections · 15 January 2026

When knowing better doesn't make change easier.

A seasonal reflection on why change can feel harder than it should — and how working with the nervous system, rhythm, and gentleness supports more sustainable transformation than willpower ever could.

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Seasonal Reflections · 25 December 2025

Coming home to them, coming home to me.

December always arrives with equal parts sparkle and pressure. A season that invites us to gather, to soften, to celebrate — and sometimes to revisit family patterns that quietly shape who we become.

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Seasonal Reflections · 25 November 2025

Love, pray, eat — in this order.

A reflection on reverence for food, the people who grow it, and the quiet practice of gratitude at the start of every meal — written in the week before Thanksgiving.

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Seasonal Reflections · 25 October 2025

The sweet lesson at the playground.

A small moment with my five-year-old at the swings — and what it taught me about dopamine, sugar, and the quiet work of teaching children how to feel well.

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Nervous System · 7 December 2020

Stress — recognising when it's bad.

What stress actually is in the body, why we have learned to call decades-long depletion "normal," and the practical levers that genuinely move the needle.

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